You can try jumping the contacts.... the wires leading to the upper arrow and the lower arrow will be the ones you want, plus whichever one is the common I suppose.
As long as the seat still moves fore and aft, I would take the seat out and use a cordless power drill to turn the cable going into the correct motor to try and lower the seat while you troubleshoot the switch or wait for a replacement. Could be that your motor is dead too. If that's the case, you need a new motor no matter what. With the seat out, you can diagnose the whole problem- motor or switch or motor & switch. If the seat doesn't move fore and aft, that motor and/or switch could be fried too. There is a plastic cover at the bottom front of the seat, remove this and you should see a spot where you can insert a drill driver bit into a gear and mechanically move the seat back and forth. If you get resistance, stop immediately and check see if anything is stuck in the rails. If so, clean the rails before you continue.
If you decide to remove the seats, a couple of tips:
1) Use a good quality hex bit and make sure it is seated in the bolt head well. Failure to do this could result in a stripped bolt head, and that ain't fun at all. If the seat has never been out before, the bolts may be troublesome to break loose for the first time.
2) The seats a freakin' heavy and bulky. Put a towel or some other protective covering over the sill so you don't scratch anything while removing the seat.
3) The motors and the seat switches are fairly expensive new, but available from the usual places like Sunset. You can get used parts that are in working condition from places like Oklahoma Foreign, DC Automotive, eBay, etc.
4) Doesn't hurt to have a few spare seat bolts (new) available should you damage any you take out.
5) Don't forget to disconnect all the wiring below the seat before trying to take it out of the car....!
6) Put the seat on a work bench or some saw horses to make working on it easier.
I had to do just about everything to the seats except for recovering. I've even completely removed the backrest from one! Not fun! I had some loose change jamed in one rail and replaced two motors and one switch. While working on them is not technically difficult, it is a pain in the @ss nonetheless, especially if you don't take the seat out of the car! I tried to fix the seat in my first coupe while in the car by tilting it back and forth. I smartened up with my cab and completely removed the seat to replace a broken switch.
Complete removal also gives you a chance to give the seat a real good cleaning too, if you're into that...
Good luck!
